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LEPIDO:aT.E8A HBT1UIOOE IU.. 6'3
Sect. N.
Fll!m. Oorpus cmasum. Proboscis obso)cta. Palpi rcbusti,
porrecti, lroves, caput )18.ullo sU}l_erantcs; arLiculus Sus coniolls, milIimus.
Anteonro sat validm. Pedes lreves, sa.t validi. AIm auticlB
elongatm, sat laLm, apieo rOLundatre.
43. NEI.'HOPTERn r SPOLIATA.
Flllm. Oemna; aim anlicaJ juscellcente CD1IRperSIl!, cinereo nebll-
10'aJ, vitta ,,,bcostali obsc'Uriore, vitia discali pallide cineroa
apicem flerM al'cllala; postiCfif pallide cinerem, sBlllihyalint8.
Female. Fawn-coloured. Body thick. Probosois obsolete.
PalIli robust, porrect, smooth, extending 0. little beyond the hcad j
third joint conioal, very minute, hardll' one-sixth of the length of
the secoud. Antennre ratbor stout. I.ogs slnooth, rather stout;
hind tibire with four loug· SpUI'S. Wings elouglLte, nlUderatell
broad. Foro wings somewhat rounded at the tips, brown-syeckled,
minutely mottled with oinereou&, with a. darker suboosta stlipe,
wbich is limited hindWllrd by a pale cinereouB stripe, lhe la.tter
ourved tpwards the tip of the wing; exterior bord~r slightly convex,
modorately oblique. Hind wings pale oilloreou8 and semibyulille
towo.rds tho base. Length of tho body t; lin08; or the wings 12
linea.
a. Sierra LeoDc. Plesellted by the Rev. D. F. MorgaD.
Asia..
44. NEPIIOl':rElI.YX. PALLtOOSTALIB.
Fmm. StJl'flide ,.uJelcans ; palpi sat gracile" mbarcllaci, oblique
aSl!tmtlel'eC8, 'I1Iff"eieem 1101& wpll1't1ntea, ",.ticulo 30 lanetlfllato;
aim anticl1J angust(C, apice fOtundal(/J, costa pallide ciner,a,
margi"l1 omlllt'ioro CfIll'llO:t;O perobliguo i pu8tict1l albidOl, fere
1&ya2i1&m.
F(lmalo. Dull reddish, olnel'colls beneath. Palpi rather alender,
slightly curved. obliquely asocnding, Dot rising higber tban tbe
vrrtex; thml joint lunlloolutc, hu.lf tho length of the socond. AbdOUlen
oxtllllding boyond tbo hind wings. Foro wing'll n8noW,
rounded at tbo tips; oosta pulo oincreous i oxterior bOl'dor OOOV,I:.
very obliquo. Hind wings whitibh, iridescent, noarly hyaline.
Length of Lbe body 3~ lilloa; of the wings 9 liues.
a. South Hindostan. Presented b1 M. J. Walhouae, Esq.
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